Longevity, starting from raising chickens

"Mirage... is here?!"

Not only Wang Ba, but Yu Wuhen, Yu Yu, Chen Xuan and the Ghost King Pao Shi also noticed the mountaintop scene reflected in the sky at the first time.

They all looked surprised.

It was far away before, so it was a little blurry, but now the mirage is reflected in the sky, and it seems to be right in front of me at this distance. The patterns on the eaves of the pavilion, the mosaics of the tiles on the pavilion, the slightly swaying leaves in the courtyard, the rockery stained with green moss...

Everything seemed so real that after staring for so long, they even felt as if a head would pop out of the window of the building at any moment, or that someone might be playing chess or drinking tea in the pavilion. Everything seemed as normal as yesterday, yet so quiet and silent.

Such a peaceful and tranquil scene appeared in this big city, which inexplicably added a bit of weirdness.

"Does the mirage still move?"

Wang Ba recalled the faint light he saw across the sky not long ago, and couldn't help but look at Chen Xuan and the Ghost King with curiosity and asked.

Chen Xuan and the Ghost King withdrew their gazes, both of them were a little confused after hearing this:
"This... is really not clear."

They couldn't help but look up at the reflection in the sky again, but they couldn't tell what it was.

Even though Chen Xuan deliberately activated the double pupil in his left eye, he could not see anything.

Wang Ba narrowed his eyes slightly, looked up at the scene in the sky, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

Suddenly he asked:
"By the way, you said before that your clone is here?"

Chen Xuan was stunned, then hesitated for a moment, turned his head and looked up at the white hill in front of him.

Carefully distinguishing the feeling in his heart, he raised his hand and pointed to the depths of the white hill:
"It's right there, I can feel it!"

Wang Ba retracted his gaze and then said calmly:
"Then let's not waste time, let's hurry up!"

Hearing this, several people nodded.

King Wu the Monkey was the first to walk up the white jade stairs.

Others also climbed up the stairs.

When Wang Ba stepped on it, he was suddenly shocked.

He subconsciously looked up and looked around the stairs, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes!
The seemingly peaceful void around him was unusually brilliant in his eyes.

It seems that countless black and white threads are randomly interwoven and combined...

“What an active rule!”

"With such activity, how does this place keep from collapsing?"

As he understood it, rules were like the beams needed to build a house.

If the beams and pillars are stable, the house will be stable.

However, the beams and pillars before his eyes were as active as fish swimming in water. He could hardly imagine how such rules could construct the space before his eyes.

However, although he didn't know the reason, the extremely active rules here were even more tempting to him.

This feeling was like walking through a sea of ​​books. The second page of each book recorded the answers to the many difficult problems he had encountered before, and he only needed to stop and open the book to take in everything and solve his confusion.

Such temptation is irresistible to anyone.

He couldn't help but slow down his pace, and looked at everything around him with rare greed, as if he wanted to remember everything he saw in his mind.

But apart from him, the rest of the people, even Yu Wuhen, just glanced around in confusion and continued walking upwards.

The extremely active rules seemed isolated from their feelings.

However, the King of Corpse Devils noticed Wang Ba who was far behind everyone else.

Surprised:
"Mountain Master, why are you..."

Wang Ba suddenly woke up.

Only then did he realize that Yu Wuhen and his companions had already walked up hundreds of steps, while he had only walked up three or four steps.

Even though there were only three or four steps, and even though it only took a few short breaths, to Wang Ba himself, it seemed as if he had been tracing back for a long time in the extremely active rules around him. During this tracing, he also suddenly understood a lot.

"Here, there are a lot of broken rules scattered around... just like strands of silk. How can we weave together a complete set of rules?"

He was still a little unclear.

But now was not the time for him to think carefully, so he stopped paying attention to his surroundings and quickly followed.

But before they had walked far, they all stopped again.

On the white jade steps, a huge mercury bead lay in front of them, completely blocking their way to the top.

"Ha, there's the Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid again!"

Yu Yu was overjoyed and was the first to rush in.

Chen Xuan and the King of Corpse Ghost couldn't help but look serious when they saw these mercury beads that were far different from ordinary ones.

Chen Xuan said:
"I'm afraid there's something dangerous in there. I'll go in and take a look!"

After saying that, he followed him in.

The King of Corpse-Paying Ghosts followed closely behind.

Upon hearing this, Yu Wuhen showed a look of worry and hurriedly threw the Earth-Splitting Staff to Wang Ba as usual.

Then he broke into the huge mercury bead.

Ape King Wu raised his hand and pulled out the 'Ruyi Stick' transformed by the ferocious beast, and was about to break in. However, as soon as he hit it, the mercury bead shook like water waves, removing the force of Ape King Wu's impact, but it remained motionless. Ape King Wu did not break in, but was stopped outside.

Ape King Wu scratched his head in confusion.

Wang Ba glanced at King Wu Ape, and then his eyes fell on the Ruyi Stick in his hand.

I hadn't noticed it before, but now that I've comprehended a lot of rules, my vision has become much more profound. At this moment, I couldn't help but exclaimed:
"There's something special about this beast..."

Although it is a ferocious beast, it is accompanied by extremely obscure rules.

He couldn't understand these rules either. They were stable and complex, far from comparable to the active yet scattered rules around them.

It was the rules on its body that repelled the mercury beads, so the Ape King Wu holding the Ruyi Stick could not get in at all.

Wang Ba couldn't help but feel surprised:

"This beast seems to be immune to all laws. No wonder it was not affected at all when I adjusted the rules. If I hadn't exhausted it, I might not have been able to defeat it..."

His gaze fell on the Ruyi Stick, his eyes gradually brightened, and he couldn't help but ponder in his mind.

Not long after, the mercury beads that were lying in front of him suddenly shattered.

Yu Yu, covered in blood and with several wounds that had not yet fully healed, but with a look of satisfaction on his face, rushed out first.

He raised his hand with a big laugh and threw a string of fairy marrow and jade liquid that looked like pearls to Wang Ba in one breath.

Shouted:
"Cool!"

Yu Wuhen, Chen Xuan and the Ghost King of Corpses also flew out one after another.

Wang Ba did not ask any more questions. Just by looking at Yu Yu's expression, he knew that several people had encountered a fierce battle in this mercury bead.

He glanced at the Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid thrown by Yu Yu. This time he gave more, about seven or eight drops.

This number is already a fruitful harvest for many forces that came to Dahai City to explore.

Wang Ba put it away casually.

After a short rest, they continued to move forward.

This time, after walking several hundred steps, he stopped again because there lay in front of him a strange-looking monster that looked like a ferocious beast.

It was like a patchwork of many creatures. Wang Ba glanced at it and soon discovered that it was not a ferocious beast, but a being that was completely derived from the rules, without wisdom or intelligence, only the most basic instincts.

Yu Yu and others quickly rushed up again.

Wang Ba stood alone on the steps below, watching the battle between the two sides.

Just a puzzled look on his face:

"Strange... the restrictions of the stair rules, and the obvious obstacles set on the staircase... just happened to block our way to rescue Chen Xuan's clone. This is too coincidental. It doesn't seem like they were formed randomly in Dahai City at all."

His experience over the years has taught him that coincidences are often not coincidences.

"Is it directed at us?"

I couldn't help but revisit the entire decision-making process of going to Dahai City in my mind.

"To repair the Immortal Treasure Basin, I was guided to find Chen Xuan. At Chen Xuan's request, I went to Dahai City and then came here... The only suspicious person here seems to be Chen Xuan."

Wang Ba glanced at Chen Xuan, who was standing nearby and watching Yu Wuhen and the others fighting the monster but could only do nothing but worry. He shook his head slightly.

He has been in the business for so many years and feels that his eyesight is pretty good. This Chen Xuan obviously has a secret, but he doesn't give him the feeling that he is dangerous.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Chen Xuan has great acting skills and can deceive him as well.

And if it wasn't Chen Xuan's problem, then they just met by coincidence.

This conclusion is obviously contrary to his feelings and reality.

"So...it seems that my previous guess was correct."

Wang Ba's gaze swept around and then fell on Yu Wuhen and others who were fighting the monster.

His eyes flickered slightly.

With the Earth-Splitting Staff, the monster could not hurt them at all. Although Yu Yu and others were restricted by the surrounding rules because they could not fly, they were eventually smashed to pieces by King Wu Ape's staff.

Then it exploded into a mass of scattered, broken rules.

"What? You don't have anything at all. You're so stingy!"

Yu Yu said dissatisfiedly.

Unlike the previous time in the mercury bead, she was greatly restricted on the steps outside. She was unable to fully exert her true strength when fighting the monster and felt extremely frustrated.

After finally cooperating with King Wu of the Ape to kill the monster, in the end, nothing was gained. Naturally, I was in a very bad mood.

Wang Ba pondered for a moment, but tried to gather these scattered rules.

Unexpectedly, the wind-driving staff in the soul just flashed slightly, and these scattered broken rules were like leaves floating on the water, and were gently pushed to the surroundings of Wang Ba.

Wang Ba subconsciously recalled the rules surrounding the Ruyi Stick.

"Not to be touched by anything..."

He vaguely had some ideas.

However, he didn't quite agree with what Yu Yu said about being stingy.

Although this monster did not give him the Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid, these scattered rules were far more valuable to him than treasures like the Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid.

After a short rest, everyone climbed the mountain again.

After walking up a few hundred steps, they saw the mercury-like beads again, blocking the road ahead.

However, everyone is not surprised by this situation and has even become accustomed to it.

As usual, Yu Yu rushed forward...

After several such cycles, each battle lasted longer and longer, but he also gained nearly two white porcelain bottles of immortal marrow jade liquid and a large amount of scattered rules.

The top of the white hill is finally in sight.

Standing in front of the huge mercury bead, everyone's eyes subconsciously passed the bead and looked towards the end of the jade steps higher up.

His face was solemn.

There, a white-headed monster with a horse body, which obviously gave everyone a strong sense of danger, was sleeping quietly with its head down.

Although it was not far away, there seemed to be an invisible force surrounding it, making people's vision blurred.

That should be the last test they encountered on these thousands of steps.

Behind the steps, the shadow of a mirage can be clearly seen sitting quietly.

"This mirage looks just like the real thing, and I don't know where it is."

The Ghost King of Corpses stared at the exposed corner of the pavilion and couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's deal with this one first."

Yu Yu snorted coldly, and without any hesitation, he rushed directly into the mercury bead in front of him.

As usual, Yu Wuhen threw the Earth-Splitting Staff in his hand to Wang Ba and followed him in. Chen Xuan and the Corpse-Paying Ghost King also rushed in.

Only Wang Ba and Wu Yuan Wang were left.

As his eyes swept across the monster with a white head and a horse body, a rare hint of solemnity and vigilance flashed across Wang Ba's eyes.

"The rules surrounding this monster are not as loose as the previous ones. It may not be easy to deal with... We have to think of a way."

Before, he would only focus on the monster's powerful appearance, but now he can see through the monster's true nature.

It's nothing more than a collection of rules.

Even though I know it, it’s not so easy to deal with the other party.

All he could think of was to use rules to deal with rules.

His heart moved slightly, and he immediately thought of his previous thoughts.

He looked at the monster cautiously, and then instructed the Ape King Wu:

"You stay around and don't let anyone disturb me."

King Wu of the Monkey naturally had no objection.

Wang Ba then sat cross-legged on the ground.

He raised his hand and made a grab. The rules that others could not detect at all were easily grasped under the control of the Wind-Resisting Staff.

Wang Ba was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he carefully looked at the Ruyi Stick in King Wu Yuan's hand and closed his eyes, as if he wanted to replicate all the rules surrounding the Ruyi Stick in his mind.

As I closed my eyes, the rules around me began to converge and change silently.

King Wu the Ape looked at Wang Ba with some surprise, then he held the Ruyi Stick obediently, went down a few steps, squatted on the steps, and watched quietly.

And just when Wang Ba closed his eyes and devoted himself to the study of the rules.

King Wu of the Ape suddenly frowned and turned to look down the stairs.

The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see what was happening. All I could hear was a faint sound that was rapidly increasing in size from far away.

"Quick! Quick!"

"right here!"

“It’s right on the top of the mountain!”

The Monkey King narrowed his eyes slightly, leaned on the Ruyi Stick, and slowly stood up.

At the end of the white jade steps, deep in the mist, a figure ran towards them at high speed, followed by a second figure, a third figure... (End of this chapter)